Offline copies in Windows file sharing
- by netvope
I frequently access media files (music or video) on a remote Windows file share. My Internet connection is not very fast, and I find it a waste of bandwidth when I repeatedly access the same files. For example, I may listen to the same song 30 times in a month. So, I would like to cache files I've used.
I know Windows has an "Always available offline" feature but I think it doesn't suit my needs.
I don't want to make the whole share "available offline" as the remote Windows file share is huge (in terabytes).
Making individual files "available offline" is tedious as the files are scattered in many different directories. It would be much more convenient if I can simply cache those I've used.
Also
The files on the share seldom change.
Many of the files are rarely used. Some of the files are frequently used.
I don't have a list of the most frequently used files.
So I think the best way is to have a caching proxy for the Windows share. What do you think?
I have a Linux box sitting around. Perhaps I should try to setup samba4?